LAKE WORTH MAN CRITICAL AFTER SHOOTING

A Lake Worth man was in critical condition Sunday after someone fired a gun into his mouth during an apparent deal to buy cocaine rock.

Nicholas Lopez, 22, was shot outside J & B's market on the 500 block of Northwest 12th Avenue at about 2 a.m. Sunday, said Boynton Beach police Sgt. Marlon Harris. Police are calling it an attempted murder with a handgun, although they have no suspects.

Lopez was in the intensive care unit of Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach Sunday night.